1982 Le Mans 24 hour race

The second-placed Porsche 956 (start number 2) from Jochen Mass and Vern Schuppan

The Rondeau M382 with starting number 24, driven by Jean-Pierre Jaussaud and Henri Pescarolo. The car broke down after 111 laps with an engine failure

The Porsche 924 Carrera GTR with starting number 84; driven by Andy Rousse and Richard Lloyd, the car broke down after 77 laps due to a gearbox failure

A Nimrod NRA / C2 with a 5.3 liter Aston Martin engine; Ray Mallock, Simon Phillips and Mike Salmon drove a Nimrod to seventh place overall

The 50th 24-hour race of Le Mans , the 50 ^e Grand Prix d'Endurance les 24 Heures du Mans , also 24 Heures du Mans, Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans , took place from 19 to 20 June 1982 on the Circuit des 24 Heures .

The race

New regulations

Once again, the Automobile Club de l'Ouest changed the regulations of the 24-hour race. The aim was to further reduce the high average speed without interfering with the technology of the vehicles. 1981 won the plant - Porsche 936 , driven by Jacky Ickx and Derek Bell , h with an average of over 200 km /. The capacity of the vehicle tanks was limited to a maximum of 100 liters and the maximum number of refueling stops was set at 25.

Racing classes

The race was open to vehicles of Group C and the new Group B . However, only one racing car was registered in this racing class, a Porsche 930 from the Gadal brothers from France, which could not qualify the vehicle. 1982 was a year of transition, so that racing cars in Groups 4, 5 and 6 were still eligible to compete. Then there were the US racing classes IMSA-GT and IMSA-GTX.

The teams

28 of the 55 cars registered at the start were Group C prototypes. Porsche brought three completely redesigned prototypes to Le Mans. Changes to the regulations made it clear in 1981 that the open-top Porsche 936 could no longer be used in the 1982 sports car world championship . A completely new racing car concept was implemented at Porsche with the 956 . Since the tubular frames used up to now were no longer up to date, an aluminum chassis in a shell construction was constructed for the first time. The engine was derived from the Porsche Interscope engine and developed 445 kW (620 hp). The three cars were driven by the teams Jacky Ickx / Derek Bell, Jochen Mass / Vern Schuppan and Hurley Haywood / Al Holbert . Reinhold Joest converted a Porsche 936 so that it complied with Group C regulations. This car was driven by Bob Wollek and the Belgian Martin brothers.

Ford came back to Le Mans for the first time since the 1960s. The two C100s were assembled at Zakspeed in Niederzissen . According to Ford Germany , Manfred Winkelhock , Klaus Niedzwiedz , Klaus Ludwig and Marc Surer drove the two cars. From France were six Rondeau at the start, including three works cars of Jean Rondeau even the factory team continued the. M382 and all rondeaus had Cosworth - V8 engines as the engines. After a few years of absence, Gand Touring Cars also returned to Le Mans. The newly designed Mirage M12 was driven by Mario Andretti and his son Mike . Already built for the group C were the WM P82 of Welter Racing , while the plant - Lancia LC1 of Piercarlo Ghinzani , Riccardo Patrese and Hans Heyer nor the Group 6 corresponded.

The car with the most powerful engine was the Chevrolet Camaro by Billy Hagan and Gene Felton with a 5.7-liter Chevrolet -Aggregat. The factory Mazda RX-7 had a 1.3-liter rotary engine .

The Mirage scandal

Mario and Mike Andretti qualified the Mirage M12 in ninth place, but the team could not take part in the race. 20 minutes before the start, the Mirage had long been at its starting point, ACO technical delegates told a completely astonished team leadership that the car could be illegal and could not start. What was not objected to in any of the technical inspections suddenly became a problem. The transmission oil cooler was installed behind the transmission. The officials suddenly insisted that it should be above the gearbox. What followed was a farce and went down in the history of this race as one of the most inglorious actions of the ACO. The technicians from Grand Touring Cars were able to carry out the conversion at short notice. While the mechanics were working on the boxes, the ACO disqualified the car and allowed the first reserve to move up. When the race started, the Mirage was in the pits in accordance with the rules and was not allowed to start. Team boss Harley Cluxton then had the car pushed in front of the race control area and stood there in the pit lane for hours. His protest was dismissed. It was the last appearance of a Mirage racing car at Le Mans.

The course of the race

The three works Porsches dominated the race right from the start. Only the Rondeaus and the Ford C100 were able to keep up in the initial phase, but Porsche's overall victory was never in danger over the 24 hours and the race ended with a triple victory for the works team. There was only trouble with the drivers. In the early evening hours, Hurley Haywood lost the driver's door when he checked at full speed whether it was closed. The door jumped open and was swept away by the wind. At this point, the number 3 car was in the lead, but dropped to seventh after a lengthy repair. During the night, Haywood suffered a circulatory collapse and was taken out of the race by the Porsche doctors. Substitute driver Jürgen Barth came into the car for him .

Results

Pilots by nationality

42 French	37 British	35 Americans	12 Germans	11 Belgians
6 Italians	3 Australians	3 Swiss	2 Irish	2 Japanese
2 Mexicans	1 Chilean	1 Liechtensteiner	1 Austrian	1 Moroccan
1 Panamanian	1 Swede	1 Spaniard	1 South African

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis	engine	tires	Round
1	C.	1	Rothmans Porsche System	Jacky Ickx Derek Bell	Porsche 956	Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6	D.	359
2	C.	2	Rothmans Porsche System	Jochen Mass Vern Schuppan	Porsche 956	Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6	D.	356
3	C.	3	Rothmans Porsche System	Hurley Haywood Al Holbert Jürgen Barth	Porsche 956	Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6	D.	340
4th	IMSA GTX	79	John Fitzpatrick Racing	John Fitzpatrick David Hobbs	Porsche 935/78 Moby Dick	Porsche Type-935 2.7L Turbo Flat-6	G	329
5	IMSA GTX	78	Cooke Racing BP	Dany Snobeck François Sérvanin René Metge	Porsche 935 K3	Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6	G	325
6th	IMSA GTX	70	Prancing Horse Farm Racing	Pierre Dieudonné Carson Baird Jean-Paul Libert	Ferrari 512 BB LM	Ferrari 4.9L Flat-12	M.	322
7th	C.	32	Viscount Downe Pace Petroleum	Ray Mallock Simon Phillips Mike Salmon	Nimrod NRA / C2	Aston Martin -Tickford DP1229 5.3L V8	A.	317
8th	Size 5	60	Charles Ivey Racing	John Cooper Paul Smith Claude Bourgoignie	Porsche 935 K3	Porsche Type-935 3.1L Turbo Flat-6	D.	316
9	IMSA GTX	72	North American Racing Team	Alain Cudini John Morton John Paul senior	Ferrari 512 BB LM	Ferrari 4.9L Flat-12	D.	306
10	C.	25th	Primagaz	Pierre Yver Bruno Sotty Lucien Guitteny	Rondeau M379	Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8	A.	306
11	IMSA GTX	77	Garretson Developments	Anne-Charlotte Verney Bob Garretson Ray Ratcliff	Porsche 935 K3	Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6	G	299
12	Size 5	66	Jean-Marie Lemerle	Jean-Marie Lemerle Max Cohen-Olivar Joe Castellano	Lancia Beta Monte Carlo	Lancia 1.4L Turbo I4	D.	295
13	Size 4	90	Richard Cleare Racing	Richard Cleare Tony Dron Richard Jones	Porsche 934	Porsche 3.3L Turbo Flat-6	D.	293
14th	IMSA GTX	82	Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.	Yōjirō Terada Takashi Yorino Allan Moffat	Mazda RX-7	Mazda 13B 1.3L 2- Wankel	D.	282
15th	C.	38	Bussi team	Christian Bussi Pascal Witmeur Bernard de Dryver	Rondeau M382	Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	D.	279
16	IMSA GTO	87	Goodrich Corporation	Jim Busby Doc Bundy Marcel Mignot	Porsche 924 Carrera GTR	Porsche 2.0L Turbo I4	B F	273
17th	IMSA GTO	81	Stratagraph Inc.	Billy Hagan Gene Felton Tom Williams	Chevrolet Camaro	Chevrolet 5.7L V8	G	269
18th	Size 5	61	Total	Roland Ennequin Michel Gabriel Franco Gasparetti	BMW M1	BMW M88 3.5L I6		259
Not classified
19th	IMSA GTO	80	Stratagraph Inc.	Dick Brooks Hershel McGriff	Chevrolet Camaro	Chevrolet 5.7L V8	G	141
Failed
20th	C.	4th	Belga Team Joest Racing	Bob Wollek Jean-Michel Martin Philippe Martin	Porsche 936C	Porsche Type-935 2.5L Turbo Flat-6	D.	320
21st	IMSA GTX	62	EMKA Racing Productions	Steve O'Rourke Richard Down Nick Mason	BMW M1	BMW M88 3.5L I6	D.	266
22nd	Size 5	65	Thierry Perrier	Thierry Perrier Bernard Salam Gianni Giudici	Lancia Beta Monte Carlo	Lancia 1.4L Turbo I4	D.	219
23	IMSA GTX	83	Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.	Tom Walkinshaw Chuck Nicholson Peter Lovett	Mazda RX-7	Mazda 13B 1.3L 2-Wankel	D.	180
24	Size 6	50	Martini Racing	Riccardo Patrese Hans Heyer Piercarlo Ghinzani	Lancia LC1	Lancia 1.4L Turbo I4	P	152
25th	C.	11	Malardeau Automobiles Jean Rondeau	François Migault Gordon Spice Xavier Lapeyre	Rondeau M382	Cosworth DFL 4.0L V8	D.	150
26th	C.	26th	Jacky Haran	Vivian Candy Jacky Haran Hervé Poulain	Rondeau M379	Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8	A.	149
27	C.	12	Otis Automobiles Jean Rondeau	Henri Pescarolo Jean Ragnotti Jean Rondeau	Rondeau M382	Cosworth DFL 4.0L V8	D.	146
28	Size 5	75	Claude Haldi	Claude Haldi Rodrigo Terran François Hesnault	Porsche 935 K3	Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6	D.	141
29	IMSA GTO	86	Goodrich Corporation	Pat Bedard Paul Miller Manfred Schurti	Porsche 924 Carrera GTR	Porsche 2.0L Turbo I4	B F	128
30th	C.	9	WM Esso	Jean-Daniel Raulet Didier Theys Michel Pignard	WM P82	Peugeot PRV 2.8L Turbo V6	M.	127
31	C.	10	WM Esso	Roger Dorchy Alain Couderc Guy Fréquelin	WM P82	Peugeot PRV 2.8L Turbo V6	M.	112
32	C.	24	Otis - Automobiles Jean Rondeau	Jean-Pierre Jaussaud Henri Pescarolo	Rondeau M382	Cosworth DFL 4.0L V8	D.	111
33	IMSA GTO	85	Tony Garcia	Tony Garcia Fred Stiff Albert Naon	BMW M1	BMW M88 3.5L I6	G	104
34	Size 6	51	Martini Racing	Michele Alboreto Teo Fabi Rolf Stommelen	Lancia LC1	Lancia 1.4L Turbo I4	P	92
35	C.	36	Dome Co. Ltd.	Chris Craft Eliseo Salazar	Dome RC82	Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	D.	85
36	C.	35	Courage Compétition	Yves Courage Jean-Philippe Grand Michel Dubois	Cougar C01	Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8		78
37	C.	14th	March Racing	Eje Elgh Jeff Wood Patrick Nève	March 82G	Chevrolet 5.8L V8	G	78
38	IMSA GTO	84	Canon GTi Engineering	Richard Lloyd Andy Rouse	Porsche 924 Carrera GTR	Porsche 2.0L Turbo I4		77
39	C.	20th	Cassette Team GS Sport	Hans Joachim Stuck Jean-Louis Schlesser Dieter Quester	Clean SHS C6	Cosworth DFL 4.0L V8	D.	76
40	C.	16	Ultramar Team Lola Racing Cars	Guy Edwards Nick Faure Rupert Keegan	Lola T610	Cosworth DFL 4.0L V8	A.	72
41	C.	7th	Ford-Werke AG	Manfred Winkelhock Klaus Niedzwiedz	Ford C100	Cosworth DFL 4.0L V8	G	71
42	C.	6th	Ford-Werke AG	Klaus Ludwig Marc Surer Manfred Winkelhock	Ford C100	Cosworth DFL 4.0L V8	G	67
43	Size 6	55	Chevron Racing Cars	Martin Birrane John Sheldon Neil Crang	Chevron B36	Cosworth BDX 2.0L I4	A.	57
44	IMSA GTX	71	Charles Pozzi Ferrari France	Jean-Claude Andruet Claude Ballot-Léna	Ferrari 512 BB LM	Ferrari 4.9L Flat-12	M.	57
45	C.	39	Dorset Racing Associates	Mike Wilds François Duret Ian Harrower	De Cadene-Lola LM	Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8		56
46	C.	19th	BASF Cassette Team GS Sport	Walter Brun Siegfried Müller Jr.	Clean SHS C6	Cosworth DFL 4.0L V8	D.	55
47	C.	31	Nimrod Racing Automobiles Ltd.	Tiff Needell Bob Evans Geoff Lees	Nimrod NRA / C2	Aston Martin-Tickford DP1229 5.3L V8	A.	55
48	C.	30th	Michel Lateste	Hubert Striebig Michel Lateste Jacques Heuclin	URD C81	BMW M88 3.5L I6	D.	45
49	IMSA GTX	73	North American Racing Team	Preston Henn Randy Lanier Denis Morin	Ferrari 512 BB LM	Ferrari 4.9L Flat-12	M.	43
50	Size 5	64	Edgar Dören	Edgar Dören Billy Sprowls Antonio Contreras	Porsche 935 K3	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	D.	39
51	C.	29	Garretson Developments	Bobby Rahal Skeeter McKitterick Jim Trueman	March 82G	Chevrolet 5.8L V8	G	28
52	C.	17th	Cooke Racing - Malardeau	Brian Redman Ralph Kent-Cooke Jim Adams	Lola T610	Cosworth DFL 4.0L V8	G	28
53	C.	5	Porsche Kremer Racing	Ted Field Danny Ongais Bill Whittington	Kremer CK5	Porsche Type-935 2.3L Turbo Flat-6	G	25th
54	IMSA GTX	76	Bob Akin Motor Racing	Bob Akin Dave Cowart Kenper Miller	Porsche 935L	Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6	G	15th
55	C.	37	Grid racing	Desiré Wilson Emilio de Villota Alain de Cadenet	Grid Plaza S1	Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	D.	7th
Not started
56	C.	27	Gand Touring Cars Inc.	Mario Andretti Michael Andretti	Mirage M12	Cosworth DFL 4.0L V8	G	1
57	Size 5	63	Vegla Racing Team	Harald Grohs Dieter Schornstein Mauricio de Narváez	Porsche 935J	Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6	M.	2
Not qualified
58	B.	95	Alain Gadal	Raymond Touroul Alain Gadal Jean-Yves Gadal	Porsche 930	Porsche Type-935 3.2L Turbo Flat-6L	D.	3

¹ disqualified before the race ² accident in practice ³ not qualified

Only in the entry list

Here you will find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race but did not take part for a variety of reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis	engine
59	C.	8th	Ford-Werke AG		Ford C100	Cosworth DFV 4.0L V8
60	C.	23	Automobiles Jean Rondeau	François Migault Danny Sullivan	Rondeau M482	Cosworth DFV 4.0L V8
61	C.	28	Gand Touring Cars Inc.	John Morton Rick Mears	Mirage M12	Cosworth DFV 4.0L V8
62	C.	30th	Michel Lateste	Michel Lateste Marc Querou Dominique Lacaud	March 82G	Chevrolet 5.7L V8
63	C.	52	Martini Racing	Riccardo Patrese Rolf Stommelen	Lancia LC1	Lancia 1.4L Turbo I4
64	Size 6	54	Ecurie Renard Delmas	Hervé Bayard Michel Dubois	Renard Delmas D1	BMW 2.0L I4
65	Size 6	56	Jean-Marie Lemerle	Jean-Marie Lemerle Max Cohen-Olivar	Osella PA7	BMW 2.0L I4
66	Size 5	65	ADA engineering	Ian Harrower William Wykeham	Triumph TR8	Rover 3.6L V8
67	IMSA GTX	74	Thierry Perrier	Thierry Perrier Bernard Salam Roger Carmillet	Ferrari 512 BB LM	Ferrari 4.9L Flat-12
68	IMSA GTX	75	Joest Racing	Maurizio de Narvaez Jürgen Lässig Claude Haldi	Porsche 935J	Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6
69	C.		WM Secateva	Max Mamers	WM P82	Peugeot PRV 2.8L Turbo V6
70	Size 5		Dominique Fornage	Dominique Fornage Dany Snobeck	Porsche 935	Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6
71	C.		Alain de Cadenet	Alain de Cadenet	Ford C100	Cosworth DFL 4.0L V8
72	Size 5		Angelo Pallavicini	Angelo Pallavicini	Porsche 935	Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6
73	Size 4		Angelo Pallavicini		Porsche 934	Porsche 3.3L Turbo Flat-6
74	Size 6		Hubert Striebig	Hubert Striebig Jacques Heuclin	TOJ SM02	BMW 2.0L I4
75	Size 6		March Racing		March 82G	Chevrolet 5.7L V8
76	B.		Raymond Touroul	Raymond Touroul Bernard Chenevière	Porsche 930
77	C.		Pumpelly-Scott	Tom Pumpelly Chip Mead	rondeau
78	Size 5		Scuderia Vesuvio		Lancia Beta Monte Carlo	Lancia 1.4L Turbo I4

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
Group C	Jacky Ickx	Derek Bell		Porsche 956	Overall victory
IMSA GTX	John Fitzpatrick	David Hobbs		Porsche 935/78 Moby Dick	Rank 4
Group 5	John Cooper	Paul Smith	Claude Bourgoignie	Porsche 935K3	Rank 8
Group 4	Richard Cleare	Tony Dron	Richard Jones	Porsche 934	Rank 13
IMSA GTO	Jim Busby	Doc Bundy	Marcel Mignot	Porsche 924 Carrera GTR	Rank 16
GTP	no participant in the finish

Racing data

• Registered: 78
• Started: 53
• Valued: 18
• Race classes: 6
• Spectators: 250,000
• Honorary starter of the race: Luigi Chinetti , owner of the North American Racing Team and three-time Le Mans winner
• Weather on the race weekend: warm and dry
• Route length: 13.626 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 24: 00: 00,000 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 359
• Distance of the winning team: 4899.086 km
• Winner's average: 204.128 km / h
• Pole position: Jacky Ickx - Porsche 956 (# 1) - 3: 28.400 = 235.381 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Jean Ragnotti - Rondeau M382 (# 12) - 3: 36.900 = 226.157 km / h
• Racing series: 4th round of the 1982 World Sports Car Championship

literature

• Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissèdre, Alain Bienvenu: 24 heures du Mans, 1923–1992. Éditions d'Art, Besançon 1992, ISBN 2-909413-06-3 .

Web links

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